Somerset definition

sŭmər-sĕt
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To perform a somersault.
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Archaic spelling of somersault.
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A maritime county in the west of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol channel.
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(place) County in SW England, on Bristol Channel: 1,333 sq mi (3,452 sq km)
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Noun

Singular:
somerset
Plural:
somersets

Origin of somerset

  • Alteration of somersault

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Somerset Sentence Examples

  • Dixon's Histories; Pollard's Cranmer and England under Somerset; other authorities cited in Dict.

  • He was ordained deacon in 1778 on the title of the curacies of Shepton Beauchamp and Sparkford, Somerset; and took priest's orders in 1780.

  • Lord Fitzroy Somerset was educated at Westminster school, and entered the army in 1804.

  • She afterwards resided at Somerset House and at Hammersmith, where she had privately founded a convent.

  • During Somerset's protectorate he entered public life and was made a secretary of state, being sent on an important diplomatic mission to Brussels.

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